Safety-carrier.



C. W. FISCHER 6L R. SCHAMBER.

SAFETY CARRIER.

APPucATxoN man 1AN.8.1916.

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.2v RUDOLF SCHAMBER, OF GREGORY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

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Application led anuary 8, 1918. Serial No. 71,016.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. FISCHER and RUDOLF SCHAMBER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Gregory, in the county of Gregory andState of South Dakota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsA in Safety-Carriers, of which the following is aspecification.

The article which constitutes the subject matter of this invention isdesigned primarily as a mail carrying device but owing to its structuralcharacteristics several other adaptations are comprehended within thepurview of its utility.

The main object in view is to provide inclosing means of a strong andsubstantially rigid character adapted to receive communications, cards,tags or similar articles subject to transmisslon through the mails orother shipment, and embodying locking means so arranged as to precludeunauthorized removal of or otherwise tampering with the contents withoutdetection.

Another object is to provide against displacement of the locking meansaforesaid through the instrumentality of a seal, such seal in one of theadaptations of the invention constituting the postage requisite fortransmission of the article through the mails.

'A still further object in mind is to provide a removable section forthe inclosing means such that upon displacement of said section, thedevice will form a suitable picture frame.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained bythe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and claimed. Reference will now behad to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,wherein Figure 1 is a' perspective view of an embodiment of theinvention ready for transmission through the mails.

Fig. 2 is a vlongitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig.l.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 8 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the device.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the article subsequent to the detachmentof the removable section or panel. Y

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the invention in open position.

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the locking member used in connectionwith the device.

Throughout the following description, and on the several figures of thedrawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Specifically referring to the drawings and describing the invention, itwill be understood that the article forming the subjectmatter thereof issusceptible of being made or formed from different materials such astin, but preferably aluminum or Celluloid, or like substances. The mainpoint, however, is the utilization of a material which will besufficiently strong and durable to permit of the rough usage incident totransmission through mails and which will enable the article to be useda number of times.

The carrying device might be said to comprise a form of receptacleconsisting of cooperative sections, namely a front section l and a rearsection 2, preferably integrally connected' at one end 3. That is tosay, the material from which the article is made is folded back uponitself and the end 3 therefore constitutes a hinge-like connectionenabling the receptacle or container to be opened and closed. The frontsection 1 is provided with a plurality of sight openings as designated 4in order to disclose indicia` such as names and addresses which areborne by a communication or other content inserted between the twosections and which it is designed to transmit or protect. ln the cuttingout of the material to form certain of these sight openings 4, asufficient portion thereof is utilized to constitute one or more eyes 5,such eyes being formed by rolling the material back on the inner side ofthe front section as most clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 6. This section,furthermore, is provided along its lateral edges with inwardly bentflanges at 6 into which the contents of the container are adapted to beinserted, said flanges holding the communication or card, as the casemay be, against the front section so that the indicia thereon will beproperly positioned with respect to the sight openings 4.

The rear section 2 of the container is obviously similar in shape to thefront section being provided with lateral fianges 7. When the containeris closed the front section l is folded into position between theflanges 7, said flanges being of a resilient character and tion 9 isdetached or removed by the tongues 11 from the rear section,allowyielding as the front section is pressed into proper contiguousrelation to the rear sec` tion. .It will be apparent that these flanges'prevent the contents from accidentally' slilpend Harige 8 whichperforms a like functiony and is similar in formation to the ianges 7 sothat when thearticle is in closed condition a smooth edge is presentedand therefore likelihood of injury to other mail matter is precluded.

One of the novel features of construction of the rear section 2 isV theformation thereof with a removable panel or section 9. It will beobserved by reference to Figs. 4 and 6 that the material of the rearsection is cut out as indicated generally at 10, a sufficient amountofthe material being left, however, to connect the central panel 9 tothe side portions of the section, these connecting portions constitutingthe tongues 11. This construction enables the container to be utilizedas a frame, for instance, where it is desired to preserve a picturepostcard that might have been received in the container. In order thatthis may be done the central secsevering ing the panel'to ldrop out. Thearticle then takes the form of the framelike container shown in Fig. 5having an enlarged central vopening to disclose the picture on thearticle held in said container.

In cutting out the material of the rear section 2a suiiicient amount isretained at one end to provide for formation of one or more locking eyes12 corresponding to the eyes 5 on the front section. 'The eyes 12,however, are arranged in different planes from the eyes 5 so that whenthe sections are folded together the eyes 5 and 12 will coperate or takean alined position as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. When in the alinedposition, a locking member 13 is inserted into said eyes thereby holdingthe two sections in closed position. To enable the insertion of.

the locking pin or member 13. the material 4of the front section isprovided with an opening 14 through which the member 13 is introducedtransversely of the container. The member 13 is formed with a bentextremity 13 which facilitatesy the manipulation of the lockingmemberwhen inserting or retracting it from its operative position.

One of the main features of this invention lies in the effective sealingof the container to prevent disturbance of the contents withoutdetection and this is accomplished by placing a seal over the opening14. The locking member is thus hidden from sight and from access withoutbreaking4 the seal. One ofthe advantages of this arrangement is that thepostage stamp 15 vmay be utilized as the seahng member when thiscontainer is designed to be transmitted through the mails. Any otherequivalent seal may be member in fiat, position as shown in Fig. 4,

but this element may readily be grasped upon breaking the frangibleseal. lt is also to be understood that the bent extremity 13 may hebroken off after the locking memb er has been inserted into its lockingposition if so desired, in which event the unlocking. of the containeris rendered much more diiiicult and the safety of the contents enhanced.

As hereinbefore premised, the device may be used for the urpose ofcarrying missives through the mail but we do not wish to be confined tosuch use as it could readily be employed as a shippin tag holder or 'inother ways where a dura le and strong holding element is desired, forequivalent purposes. t

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A container of the class described comprising openable sections, one ofsaid sections havin an opening therein, a lockin pin inserte throughsaid opening to loc the sections together, the free terminal of said p1nlying in said opening below the surface of its section and constitutinga fingerpiece, and a frangible seal attached concealing opening .and coerating with the ingerpiece aforesaid to hold the pin againstdisplacement and inaccessible without fracture of the seal.

Q..A container of the classdescribed coinprising coperative sections,locking elements on said sections lying between the sections when thelatter are close together, one of .said sections having an openintherein, a locking member insertible throng the opening into saidlocking elements for holding the sections together, said locking memberhaving a manipulating projection arranged when-the member is in lockingposition to lie'conti nous to the face of one of said sections, ansealing means adapted f or attachment to' the face of the lastmeritioned section over the openin and projeciis tion whereby to holdthe loc ing memberv prising openable sections adapted to receivetherebetween indicia bearing contents, each of said sections having itsmaterial-cut out to form openings, said cut out material being rolledback to form coacting locking eyes, and a locking member insertible intosaid eyes when in registerin position for holding the sections 1n closeposition.

5. A container of the class described comprising openable sectionsadapted to receive cards and similar articles therein, one of saidsections having its material about thev central portion thereof partlyout out so as to leave narrow severable connecting tongues for saidcentral portion whereby the latter may be detached, said containerconstituting a frame for the contents upon detachment of the centralportion aforesaid.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a safety carrier consisting of asheet 4of material of elongated formation, said material being bentintermediate its length to form front and rear sections adapted to befolded upon each other, the material of the front section being out outto form sight openings and having internal locking eyes, the rearsection having its material partly cut out to form a central separablepanel, one of the sections being provided with holding flanges toreceive the contents of the holding means, i the other of said sectionshaving flanges engageable about itscoperative section, and

a locking pin engageable with thelocking eyes aforesaid to hold thedevice in closed position.

In testimony whereof `we ax our signatures.`

n LES W. FISCHER.-

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